SemesterFall Semester, 2023
DepartmentPhD Program of Statistics, First Year PhD Program of Statistics, Second Year
Course NameTopic of Variable Selection for Error-Prone Data
InstructorCHEN LI-PANG
Credit3.0
Course TypeElective
Prerequisite
Course Objective
Course Description
Course Schedule

Tentative topics are given below:



Topic 1: Variable selection under various models



Topic 2: Boosting methods for variable selection



Topic 3: Transfer learning for variable selection



Topic 4: Measurement error analysis



 



Note:



1. Students are expected to workload 3 hours in-class as well as outside-of-class.



2. 2023 Dec. 15 & 22 are (temporarily) scheduled as self-study for the preparation of the coming oral presentation and the final project.



 



Tentative schedule is given below:



Week 1: Introduction of this course, discuss the final project.



Weeks 2-4: Topic 1. Students are required to report research papers, discuss the final project, demonstrate relevant programming code.



Weeks 5-7: Topic 2. Students are required to report research papers, discuss the final project, demonstrate relevant programming code.



Weeks 8-10: Topic 3. Students are required to report research papers, discuss the final project, demonstrate relevant programming code.



Weeks 11-13: Topic 4. Students are required to report research papers, discuss the final project, demonstrate relevant programming code.



Weeks 14-15: Preparation of students' final project and the coming oral presentation as well as the relevant slides.



Week 16: Oral presentation of the final project. It will follow the standard invited session in the international conference to give a 30-min pressentation in English. After that, some comments and discussions will be given.



Week 17: Submit the final project in the paper format to the instructor.



Week 18: Discuss some feedbacks of the final project with the instructor.


Teaching Methods
Teaching Assistant

No TA


Requirement/Grading

1. Project 50%



2. Weekly discussion (in English) 10%



3. Oral presentation (in English) 40%



 



Note:



1. Final project is expected to be submitted to the instructor on Jan 5, 2024.



2. Oral presentation is expected to be held on Dec. 29, 2023.



 


Textbook & Reference

The main course materials are published research papers. Relevant topics will be determined.


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